JOHOR BARU: An average of 18 people die every day in road accidents nationwide according to 2014 statistics, said the Road Transport Department (JPJ).
Director-general Datuk Seri Ismail Ahmad said that during the same period, an average of 1,330 accidents were recorded daily.
"JPJ is facing is a huge challenge to reduce these figures, especially with almost 1.5 million new cars being registered annually," he said, adding that there were 600,000 new drivers registered in 2014.
He stressed that in the England, a country with a population of 60 million people, only 800 people were killed in road accidents annually.
"The task of reducing road accidents should be a concerted one and not just involve JPJ and the police," he said during the national-level JPJ Day celebrations here.
Ismail stressed that among the JPJ's initiatives to help reduce road accidents included having early education targeting primary and secondary schools, revamping the syllabus for new drivers and having young JPJ squad members nationwide.
